This is the incredible moment a wounded Ukrainian soldier and his Russian enemy emotionally paid their respects as the fighter breathed his last after being cut down by a Putin soldier in a knife fight.
Distressing body camera footage filmed from the Ukrainian fighter’s helmet shows the two men opening fire on each other near the ruins of a bombed building.
The defending Ukrainian soldier manages to catch up to his opponent and is seen grabbing the barrel of the Russian’s automatic rifle, leading to a struggle that results in Putin’s fighter pulling out his knife and brutally slashing his rival in the thigh.
The two combatants can be heard hurling insults at each other, with the Ukrainian warrior angrily telling his enemy: “You came to (invade) my homeland.”
The already violent scenes get worse when the Russian soldier wins the bloody sword fight while the Ukrainian fighter falls to the ground in defeat after being cut.
The unidentified defeated fighter, who is losing blood, sends a message to his mother as he breathes his last.
‘That’s it, mom. Bye bye’.
In a touching turn of events, the Russian soldier approaches the wounded fighter and kneels by his side.
The camera captured the surprising moment a wounded Ukrainian soldier and his Russian enemy emotionally paid their respects to each other as the fighter breathed his last after being cut down by Putin’s military man in a knife fight.
The emotional moment came after a rare hand-to-hand combat fight that led to a knife battle between a Ukrainian soldier and a Russian soldier.
The Russian soldier can be seen briefly placing a hand on his Ukrainian rival, comforting him.
“You cut my whole body,” the Ukrainian fighter shouts.
The Russian soldier can be seen briefly placing a hand on his Ukrainian rival, comforting him.
But as he lies wounded, the Ukrainian begs to be left to die alone and greets his Russian enemy, saying, “I want to die myself.” Thank you. You were the best fighter in the world.
“Bye, you were better.”
The Russian fighter named Tuta, also wounded in the fight, steps back and says, “Goodbye.”
The Russian’s knife is clearly visible as he retreats, blood on his face.
Not shown, the defeated Ukrainian removes the safety pin on his hand grenade in an attempt to take his own life.
The explosion of the hand grenade left the Ukrainian even more injured, with his hand torn off, but still alive.
But as he lies wounded, the Ukrainian begs to be left to die alone and greets his Russian enemy, saying, “I want to die myself.” Thank you. You were the best fighter in the world’
The footage is reported to come from Trudove, in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, and is believed to have been filmed in the autumn but has not been released until now.
He then told the Russian to “hoard me.”
The footage is reported to come from Trudove, in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, and is believed to have been filmed in the autumn but has not been released until now.
There have been calls from Russian war channels for Tuta to be decorated for his bravery.
The sequence, which began with close-range gunfire and quickly escalated into a fierce knife fight, is a stark contrast to many scenes of a high-tech war that has featured deadly hypersonic and precision missiles.